ferals

Definition of feralsnext
plural of feral

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • This is also birthing season, meaning lots of baby animals!
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Set amidst the farms, animals, shepherds, mills and artisans that are shaping New York state’s wool industry, the film highlights the trajectory of clothing from sheep to a finished garment.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The neighborhood Two hundred kilometers north of Cairns and totally secluded, the island is the neighbourhood, and the native birds, critters, and sea life are the locals.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Snakes are natural pest controllers, eating critters that harm your garden, but too many can pose risks.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Hummingbirds are hungry little creatures.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • Friends, family, Make-A-Wish and school staff partied with Rylan in celebration of his love for furry creatures.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • My bathtub seems to be a place these cute beasties like to hang out.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • Abby’s Magical Beasties, where one of the beasties goes missing, and Abby must problem-solve.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The rare baby boy was born Sunday after seven hours of labor and is doing well, said Matthey Lenyo, the zoo’s curator of primates and carnivores.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • Nagatitan would have lived with smaller plant-eating dinosaurs, including iguanodontians, some cousins of the Triceratops called ceratopsians, as well as large carnivores, and flying pterosaurs.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Intriguingly, juvenile tissues in many vertebrates tend to be more regenerative than adult tissues.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • In his lab, which studies the exchange of gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide between vertebrates and their environments, Damsgaard’s team used microsensors to measure oxygen levels in the retinas of zebra finches, pigeons, and chickens.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • That’s happened in several Mid Atlantic rivers, but in the absence of larger brutes like blues and flathead, channels will thrive and can break the 15-pound mark.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Ferals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferals. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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